What are the ancient records of tooth extraction in ancient times?

The ancients rarely pulled out decayed teeth, but chose traditional Chinese medicine for external application. Nowadays, people are prone to tooth decay because they often eat all kinds of sweets, and sugar is the culprit. The diet structure and habits of the ancients were different from ours. Relatively speaking, the sugar in their food will be less and lighter, so they have less chances to suffer from tooth decay than we do.

For tooth decay, the ancients thought that the stomach fire rose and the moisture increased after eating sweets, so that with tooth decay, tooth decay would continue to multiply, erode teeth and produce dental caries. The cure for tooth decay is to kill the moths hidden on the surface of teeth. Usually, some Chinese medicines are made into ointment and then put in the mouth. After the moth was killed, the tooth didn't hurt and the tooth decay was cured.

Moreover, the ancients generally did not take drugs orally after tooth decay. They think that the effect of oral drugs is not obvious enough to kill moths directly, and it will also damage the spleen and stomach.

Many medical books have recorded drugs for treating tooth decay. Most of them are mixed with herbs such as coptis root, scutellaria root and gardenia. Grind it into powder and then apply it externally to toothache, which can play an anti-inflammatory and repercussive role.

In addition, there are acupuncture methods. Finding the "Lu Xi" point and then pricking the needle can also relieve the pain, but this method treats the symptoms rather than the root cause, and it is easy to relapse. In addition, there is a stupid way, that is, chanting, jumping out of my mind, and reading some spells from people who know witchcraft. It is said that it can cure dental diseases. Obviously, this method cannot be effective. It's just some psychological comfort at most.

In a word, the ancients had many treatments for tooth decay, but now it seems that there is no cure at all. Fortunately, the ancient people had a light diet and often gargled with salt water and tea. Fewer and fewer people suffer from dental diseases.